Spring 2025 Alumni Opportunities
New Student First Test Encouragement: January
This semester, BSMCON's new students are embarking on their academic journey and preparing to take their very first exam of the program, a moment that can feel both exciting and overwhelming. Reflecting on your own experiences, you might remember how nerve-wracking that first test can be. To help ease their anxieties and inspire confidence, we invite you to share your words of wisdom, encouragement, or advice. Simply use the form below to submit your message, and the Office of Student and Alumni Affairs will create a card to share with these students before their big day.
Questions? Contact Dayna Scarberry, Alumni Relations Coordinator at Dayna_Scarberry@bshsi.org.
Join BSMCON's 2025 Alternative Spring Break (ASB)
Another semester is well underway at BSMCON! Soon, our students, staff, and alumni will join forces to spend a portion of spring break volunteering with our Alternative Spring Break (ASB) program. You’re invited to join us for part or all of the experience! We will be participating in service across the Richmond area on March 10 and 11. Alumni are welcome to participate in as many or as few service opportunities as their schedules allow. Check out our schedule for ASB 2025:
- Monday, March 10
- 9 AM - 12 PM: Serve at UMFS or United Way
- 2 PM - 5 PM: Serve at the Evelyn D. Reinhart Guesthouse or Sacred Heart Center
- Tuesday, March 11
- 9 AM - 12 PM: Serve at UMFS or United Way
- 1 PM - 4:30 PM: Serve at Housing Families First
A $25 fee is collected upon sign-up to cover the cost of an ASB T-shirt and other expenses. Join us at the Sacred Heart Center, the Evelyn D. Reinhart Guest House, UMFS, United Way, or Housing Families First. Email us for more details or to let us know you’d like to participate at alumni@bsmcon.edu.
Ambassador-to-Ambassador Mixer: Thursday, March 27, 2025
Do you work in an interesting specialty and want to share more about it with the next generation? Maybe you work in a commonly sought after specialty and want to share more about it with students who might be considering it? Or, maybe, you work on a unit students commonly misunderstand and you want to set the record straight about why they should consider a career like yours! Our College Ambassadors consistently desire to learn more about the multiple different paths their nursing degree could take them down post-grad, and we know that you, our Alumni Ambassadors, have a wealth of knowledge to share from your lived experiences.
Join us for a new initiative, Ambassador-to-Ambassador, in which you, our Alumni Ambassadors, get a chance to get to know and share your knowledge and wisdom with our College Ambassadors: current students who are still determining the path to their first full-time nursing roles! Ambassador-to-Ambassador is an exclusive event open only to College Ambassadors and other student organization leaders in which you all will share your insights and experiences with students in a round-robin, speed-dating style event.
Lunches will be provided courtesy of Apple Spice Junction. When registering, you will make your selections for your classic meal within this form. For more information about the menu, check out the Apple Spice options by opening this link in another browser: https://www.applespice.com/wp-content/uploads/menus/Richmond-VA-Box-Lunch-Menu-030424.pdf.
Not an Alumni Ambassador or have a fellow alumni in mind that you think would be great at something like this but they aren't an Ambassador yet? No problem! Sign up to be an Alumni Ambassador here: https://forms.office.com/r/GCffDLAEHQ.
Please submit your registration for the event by 3/1/2025 to ensure your lunch is ordered. We can't wait to see you there!
Date: Thursday, March 27, 2025
Check In/Lunch: 11:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Event Time: 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Location: BSMCON Campus: 8550 Magellan Parkway, Suite 1100, Richmond, VA 23227 - Classroom 5
Register here: https://forms.office.com/r/W9fHNrsG7C
Questions? Contact Dayna Scarberry, Alumni Relations Coordinator at Dayna_Scarberry@bshsi.org.
Graduate Well Wishes: April
Graduation is just around the corner for our senior students! As they begin thinking about licensure, work orientation, and beginning their careers as new grads, often nerves and jitters begin to surface! Take a moment and share some encouragement and well wishes with our grads-to-be by completing this form. We will share your kind words with our graduating students prior to their last day on campus.
Questions? Contact Dayna Scarberry, Alumni Relations Coordinator at Dayna_Scarberry@bshsi.org.
Virtual Continuing Education Unit with BSMCON Faculty: May
Stay tuned!
